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Kelly Chadwick

Born

February 1978 Harrogate.

Background

Has lived in Harrogate until the age of 34 and now lives in Yeadon.

Date of Interview

8th July 2019

“And of course you have my permission to publish the interview and the pictures I have sent you “

Kelly Chadwick 23rd March 2022

We start this chat with Kelly Chadwick talking about her rather large house which is surrounded on three sides by Yeadon cemetery and the runway for the Leeds Bradford Airport on the fourth.

Kelly is a determined woman who didn’t let failing all her ‘A’ levels stop her ambition and she went on to become a director of a Harrogate accountancy practice.

Kelly’s two daughters seem to have inherited their mother’s love of cycling and running – Kelly was the Junior Mountain Bike Champion for the North of England and has mountain biked down the Swiss Alps which was as dangerous as you would imagine.

Kelly is a single mother of two girls and it’s interesting to hear what that involves – it’s not easy.

Interviewer: Carlo Harrison

Recording Editing: Carlo Harrison


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You can listen to the entire recording by clicking the start arrow or, you can move the slider to one of times shown for the headings opposite, they are a guide to the many things we chatted about.
Home Next To A Cemetery
00.35
Haunted House
05.05
Home At The bottom Of LBA Runway
07.35
Harrogate Grammar School
09.50
Jobs From School
11.00
Apprenticeship In Accountancy
12.30
Director At CCF Harrogate
16.20
Parents: Sue (Retired College Lecturer) – Bob (Retired Gas Board Engineer)
17.40
Brother Carl – Sister Desri (Australia)
18.30
Richard Chadwick
19.35
Granny Kath – Mayoress Of Harrogate – Alzheimer’s
21.02
Granny Kath Donated Brain To Alzheimer’s – Organ Donations
25.00
Schools Harrogate
28.35
12-Year-Old Kelly Britton
32.10
Mountain Biking With Daughters
33.40
Competitive Mountain Biking – Junior Champion North Of England
35.40
Mountain Biking Down The Alps
36.50
School Children’s Food
41.10
Government Help – Personal Financing Child Care
42.20
Kelly And The Machine – Wellys Loves To Knit
45.30
Brexit
50.30
Next Prime Minister
52.30
Prince Harry
52.50
Message For future Great Great Granddaughter
55.00

 

Please take into consideration when listening to these interviews that the meaning of language changes over time and that interviewees have not intended to cause offence by anything said which now may be thought to be unacceptable.

Recording this social history, chatting to different people about a whole host of subjects has been a real pleasure, such an interesting and I think worthwhile project for people to listen to both now and in years to come.

Thank you for visiting this website.

Carlo Harrison